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I wish to enable cookies. I go to Firefox -> Options and bring up the Privacy Tab.
I click on the History dropdown: (Firefox will:) and select Use Custom Settings for History. I go with the recommended settings to enable cookies. Then I click okay.

When I go back into Firefox -> Options -> Privacy Tab, the "Remember History" option has been re-selected, and not the "Use Custom Settings for History". Cookies are not enabled.

What gives?

I wish to enable cookies. I go to Firefox -> Options and bring up the Privacy Tab.
I click on the History dropdown: (Firefox will:) and select Use Custom Settings for History. I go with the recommended settings to enable cookies. Then I click okay.
When I go back into Firefox -> Options -> Privacy Tab, the "Remember History" option has been re-selected, and not the "Use Custom Settings for History". Cookies are not enabled.
What gives?

Perhaps this issue needs to be submitted as a bug report? This reminds me of Win7 Home Premium's Persistent Connections issues: you click on the dialogue and click save and nothing happens: doesn't save. But of course, that's M$. :-/

I'm not entirely convinced this is followed very closely: I've had nil acknowledgement of my submission at all.
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit. Firefox 9.0.1 and I'm on the update release channel. My system: HP Pavilion i7, 4 gig RAM.
Perhaps this issue needs to be submitted as a bug report? This reminds me of Win7 Home Premium's Persistent Connections issues: you click on the dialogue and click save and nothing happens: doesn't save. But of course, that's M$. :-/

The Discussion forum where you posted your comment is for contributors who want to improve Firefox support articles, not for actually requesting help or reporting problems.
Before filing a bug report ( which is done through bugzilla.mozilla.org ) you should report your Firefox issue by asking a question in the Support Forum. You can use this link as a starting point: https://support.mozilla.com/questions/new

Steps to reproduce:
I wish to enable cookies. I go to Firefox -> Options and bring up the Privacy Tab. I click on the History dropdown: (Firefox will:) and select Use Custom Settings for History. I go with the recommended settings to enable cookies. Then I click okay.

Actual results:
When I go back into Firefox -> Options -> Privacy Tab, the "Remember History" option has been re-selected, and not the "Use Custom Settings for History". Cookies are not enabled.

Expected results:
When I re-open Firefox -> Options -> Privacy Tab, it should be displaying:
Firefox will: "Use Custom Settings for History", not "Remember History". And cookies will be enabled (I'm assuming), which currently they are not. This affects my browser experience dramatically in Google Search, since I cannot set any preferences at all.

Right! So, I've submitted the following bug report:
Robyn Hahn 2012-01-19 01:01:13 PST
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1
Build ID: 20111220165912
Steps to reproduce:
I wish to enable cookies. I go to Firefox -> Options and bring up the Privacy Tab. I click on the History dropdown: (Firefox will:) and select Use Custom Settings for History. I go with the recommended settings to enable cookies. Then I click okay.
Actual results:
When I go back into Firefox -> Options -> Privacy Tab, the "Remember History" option has been re-selected, and not the "Use Custom Settings for History". Cookies are not enabled.
Expected results:
When I re-open Firefox -> Options -> Privacy Tab, it should be displaying:
Firefox will: "Use Custom Settings for History", not "Remember History". And cookies will be enabled (I'm assuming), which currently they are not. This affects my browser experience dramatically in Google Search, since I cannot set any preferences at all.